Originally Posted by
plainpat
My experience with the IP doesn’t match most ppl who love it & use it a lot.
Think I have cooked so long,feels easier to do it my way.
Some things make no sense to me,such as boiling eggs or baking in the IP.
After giving my slow cooker away,it only took 2 tries in the “slow cook”mode to
send me out to buy a new slow cooker.
Baking in the IP was my big fail....
to the point where DH said
“not sure what this is,but hope you don’t make it again”.
This from a guy who eats what is on the table!
A lot of posters use IP for making cheese cake.We don’t care for it,nor for several standard IP recipes.
Too bad I didn’t know this before buying the extra pans etc. Live & learn,just my experience. Pat
PS.....It sits on a shelf in the laundry room.
Well that's how it goes, plainpat. Nothing is for everybody. I'm so thrilled with my pots. I got the mini and that makes 3. Too bad we aren't closer because I would buy your pot from you. I don't think most of the IP users like the slow cook function. If you are on Facebook, look at the Instant Pot group - there are so many good recipes that are not cheesecake. And still, maybe not for you. I got my second one because after my friend got hers, made a fabulous meal by her own statement, decided she only liked grilled foods. Lucky me. I like the idea that I can get a meal ready and set the cook time and go to my quilting room and come back later and we have dinner. So the idea that it isn't "faster" than stove top is not an issue for me. It is easier to not watch anything. If you want to give it a go again, think of something you like, then google "Instant Pot recipe for (insert what you like) and see if any of them tempt you. Since you know you need liquid, you can vary the kind, and spices to your liking. Or, we can figure out a way for me to buy it from you!!!! (I hope the mods don't delete this as buying and selling - we live too far apart and I'm just making conversation)